BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1982180:Event:667055 DTSTAMP:20130518T221027Z SUMMARY:American Atheists’ West Coast Regional Atheist Meeting & Pos t- Rapture Party DESCRIPTION:Oakland Epicenter of May 21 Rapture Insanity\nThousands of Rapture billboards nationwide and abroad put Oakland at the heart of a raging religious controversy culminating Saturday, May 21, with a We st Coast American Atheists’ Conference and Post-Rapture Party counte ring Doomsday prophesier Harold Camping and his Family Radio Network o f 150 stations on his headquarters’ home turf in Oakland, California .Atheists are appalled that Camping has led followers to give up jobs, possessions and life savings to publicize his May 21 Rapture claim wi th over 3,000 billboards and “Project Caravan,” a cross-country ca mpaign of Camping “Ambassadors” in Winnebagos proselytizing the 89 -year-old fundamentalist radio magnate’s second Doomsday prediction, after his 1994 date failed. American Atheist billboards mock Camping s apocalyptic claim with “The Rapture: You Know It’s Nonsense: 2 000 Years of ‘Any Day Now!’” a 68- foot sign on the freeway near the Bay Bridge in San Francisco that is mirrored in Houston, Wichita, and Fort Lauderdale, where events are also being held. The West Coast American Atheist conference in Oakland will feature nationally-known atheist speakers and entertainers, including Comedy Jesus, aka Troy Co nrad. It will be held at Oakland’s Masonic Center Saturday and Sunda y, with a deejayed Post-Rapture Party Saturday night and dinner entert ainment by Mr. Deity from the popular satirical online TV show starrin g Brian Dalton as a self-absorbed somewhat confused corporate CEO God. What: American Atheists’ West Coast Regional Atheist Meeting & Post- Rapture Party When: Saturday, May 21, 9 AM - 10 PM Sunday, May 22 9 A M- 1 PM. Where: Oakland Masonic Center, 3903 BroadwaySpeakers include: Greta Christina: Blogger speaking on “Why Are Atheists So Angry?” David Eller: Cultural anthropologist whose books include “Natural At heism,” and the recently released “Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence : Religious Violence Across Culture and History.” Jen McCreight: Ath eist Feminist BlagHag blogger and originator of Boobquake; Rebecca Wat son: SkepChick blogger on science, skepticism and pseudoscience; Matt Dillahunty: Co-Host of The Atheist Experience TV show and former Bapti st divinity student.Full schedule, speaker photos, billboard image and details of all American Atheist Rapture events nationally at:HYPERLIN K \"http://www.atheists.org/events/ Rapture_RAMS\" www.atheists.org/ev ents/Rapture_RAMS ###\n\nFor more information visit http://www.thinkat heist.com/events/american-atheists-west-coast DTSTART:20110521T123000Z DTEND:20110521T220000Z CATEGORIES:rapture, party LOCATION:Oakland Masonic Center WEBSITE:http://www.atheists.org/events/Rapture_RAMS URL:http://www.atheists.org/events/Rapture_RAMS CONTACT:415-609-0571 ORGANIZER:Larry Hicok ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://api.ning.com/files/wYEe-q5HsJDl8FML BXObyGlqhAlO9k66BVT73tiBvgzuA2TPfav*BLGFh2kHfeKNUSIm7Z4qoOstZAysTy55RS 4v3g7Gey0p/rapture.gif ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Richard Weiss":http://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/RichardWeiss END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR